Shawn McAvinue

Farmers feeling the pinch and the apathy of young breeders may be reasons for a lack of livestock entries in the upcoming South Otago A&P Show, society secretary Heather Dudfield says.

Shearer Emma Martin, 28, of Gore, talks to reporter Shawn McAvinue after last month’s Ashburton A&P Show.

A score of seed libraries is set to be scattered around rural communities in the South.

A small rural school with a big heart is set to host the 55th Fiordland District Pet Show, Rural School Gala and Agriculture Day in Western Southland on Friday.

Dairy farmer Hamish Jenkins has been milking his cows on the farm surrounding Dunedin Airport for more than a decade.

A Maniototo dairy farmer is embracing GPS mapping and automated data management to spread fertiliser this season to save time and money.

Nitrogen — is it still economic to use?

DairyNZ principal regional policy adviser David Cooper, of Dunedin, talks to Shawn McAvinue about a national policy statement on freshwater management for Otago&nbsp...

Southland sheep and beef farmers Dexter and Sharyn Nind have sold up to retire in Central Otago, the region where the farming career of a teenage Dexter had a sudden start.

University of Otago agricultural students are calling on the government to allow them to be able to apply for scholarships designed to support future on-farm advisers.

New technology allowing the methane emissions of cattle to be measured on farms will bolster the efforts to reduce the climate change impact of livestock in New Zealand and overseas, a southern...

Farmers and veterinarians need to remain vigilant to minimise the incidence of antimicrobial resistance, New Zealand Food Safety says.

Horse riders are set to monkey around to raise money to buy warratahs and wire to restore more horse paddocks at back-country huts in Southland, a farmer says.

More than 30 people attended a DairyNZ pasture skills day on the Manuka Creek dairy farm in Charlton between Gore and Mataura last week.

Milk production is "hanging in there" despite conditions for growing pasture being worse than last spring, an Eastern Southland dairy farmer says.

The latest round of bull sales in the South have come to an end.

New Zealand’s meat industry is facing stiffer competition as more countries export red meat to its biggest customer, China, the Meat Industry Association says.

A new tool to provide more accurate drought forecasts will help farmers make decisions, Maniototo farmer Emma Crutchley says.